CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—An investigation has been ordered into the death of an elderly man after he got his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca here on Wednesday (May 12).
Mayor Oscar Moreno said the 72-year-old man, Zoilo Joaquin Borcillo, may have failed to declare he had comorbidity before taking the vaccine, citing unconfirmed information.
Dr. William Bernardo, head of the Cagayan de Oro Vaccination Operation Center, said Borcillo, of Agusan village, died at the JR Borja General Hospital where he was rushed after having difficulty breathing following his vaccine shot.
Bernardo said Borcillo complained he cannot breathe nine minutes a…
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